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Significant circulation wear on both sides. Seems like it's actually a good strike for the issue and detail loss is mostly due to wear. Nice original surfaces and excellent eye appeal. Wish it were in my collection!
First thought was XF-40, solid for the grade.
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This is 46 hours after I created this thread. Please forgive my zealousness in skipping the final two hours! It seems that the majority of you experienced collectors/numismatists thought this may grade at least one grade higher. Do you think this coin should be CACed?  |
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I would think it's worthy of a CAC shot at least. It's a nice looking example and to me quite original.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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 great looking example. Problem free and original, solid for the grade. |
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I would have agreed with EF40 as well. Nicely toned and the obverse in particular is well struck and well detailed.
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i think its better than XF40. I would consider beaning it.
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I just saw this EF(45) specimen on David Lawrence's website. The hair on the top of the head looks a little better, but the cheek looks worse, as does the hair in the middle to lower areas. Is this one really one grade higher than mine?   |
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Adam your coin is so much nicer than the DLRC example, especially that reverse which appears to have signs of old corrosion beginning again. I'd rather have your XF40 over that XF45 any day.
Buy the coin not the holder, even the best get them wrong often enough, and remember it's only an opinion in the long run, an educated guess if you will.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I'd pick yours first any day. More consistent surfaces and color, far better eye appeal on yours. You chose well!
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EF-40 seems right. It has some very noticeable wear but is a tremendous example.
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Thanks, guys. I am learning how the coin market demands patience and tolerance of uncertainty. Obtaining a nice VF example of this issue with decent hair detail has been on my bucket list for years, and this EF example came on the market in the early spring--it was above my price range, but I re-arranged some things and made it work. I didn't choose a 2 leaf example specifically, but when this came up for the right price (extremely well under the astronomical PCGS retail price guide estimate) and seemed to have good enough flowing hair detail and an aesthetically pleasing distribution of wear (in addition to problem-free, even somewhat lustrous, surfaces!), I realized this specimen was THE right one at the right time. My favorite coins in my collection (an 1875-S Twenty Cent Piece with gorgeous reverse toning, an 1838-O dime with a low MS dinged up, yet prismatically colored, patina etc.) were all the right ones at the right time--not necessarily the next coin on my checklist in the ideal grade I imagined, but ones that I will always love looking at. I learn so much from reading this forum. |
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